TÜBİTAK 1001 Support for Our Project on Involuntary Celibacy

Announced 31 July 2026 | Project no. 226K009

Our project "A Social Psychological Analysis of the Involuntary Celibacy (Incel) Subculture in the Turkish Context: Conceptualization, Scale Development and Longitudinal Investigation" (no. 226K009), led by Assoc. Prof. Banu Cingöz Ulu, has been accepted for funding under TÜBİTAK's 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Programme. The project develops a context-sensitive conceptualization and measurement of involuntary celibacy in Türkiye and follows its social-psychological correlates over time.